House of Commons Library : Briefing paper : Number 07846, 22 December 2016 : Changes to school accountability and 'league tables' in England in 2016

The initial 2015-16 allocation was reduced further as a result of an additional 3.9% cut to discretionary learner support funding announced in the Summer Budget 2015.. As a

Policy responsibility for social work in England is primarily shared between the Department of Health (adult social care) and the Department for Education (children and

16 These cover Department for Education and predecessor department funding through the Adult Skills Budget only and exclude any funding through community learning budgets and

Much of this is done through two major funding channels – the European Structural and Investment (ESI) Funds (discussed in section 2 ) and the European Agricultural Guarantee

85 Department for Business Innovation and Skills, Further Education and Sixth Form Colleges – Consultation on developing an insolvency regime for the sector , July 2016,

Table 19 Percentage of pupils in state-funded mainstream schools making expected progress in English and mathematics between key stage 2 and key stage 4, by local authority

Schools designated by the Secretary of State as having a religious character (commonly known as faith schools) may use faith-based oversubscription criteria and allocate places

n = number of pupils at the end of GCSE; 5 A*-C = Percentage of pupils with five or more GCSEs (or equivalent qualifications) at grade A* to C; CVA = Contextual